Beam-head



- head to receive avband or .weight, spring or other device narran stares garantir ortica.,

FRANK MOSSBERG, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MIOSSBEIRE?s PRESSED STEEL CORPORATION, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPO- RATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

BEAM-nnen.

Applicatonled August 23, 1919.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, FRANK Mossnne, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beam-Heads,

` With these and other objects in View, thel invention consists of certain novel features 'of construction, as will be more fully de" scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended clalms. g l .y

In the accompanying drawings: J Figure 1- is a side elevation partly in section, showing a Warp beam with my improved head member attached thereto.

Fig. 2- is an enlargedy front view showing a portion of the head.

F ig. 3- isan edge section on ,line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

, portion of the head and illustrating a modified form of .lip for centrally supporting the ange member.

Fig. 5- is a front vView showing a portion of v-a head, and illustrating another Umodification. v

Fig. 6 is a fragmental perspective view.

of another modification.

Fig. 7- is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6. I have herein shown and describedl the construction of a head member for beams, reels, spools or other similar articles of manufacture, which head is formed by folding, swaging or otherwise forming bendable or ductile metal so as to connect and lock the parts of the head together to provide an annular groove 9 about the eriphery ofthe friction member to which. tension may be applied by a pose of reventing `the beam fromrfotating too free y as the warp or'yarnfisldrawn therefrom or these heads maybe ,used for Specification of Letters Patent.

1S a front elevation showlng al locating and or thev pur# ratenteeiune fr; naar.

serial no. 319,346.

any other purpose -for which they are adapted.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the body or barrel portion of a beam, which is preferably made in tubular form,.the ends of the tube being secured to the opposite heads 11 of the beam by means of bolts 14, or other suitable means.v These head members are preferably constructed of a main plate 12 cut from sheet stock into disk form a plurality of ears 13 being formed preferably by cutting portions from the body of the plate a short distance inward from the peripheryl thereof and turning these Vout portionsv outwardly at substan-l tially right angles tothe plane of the plate,

which ears serve to both'centrally locate and also to support the flange member 15, presently described.

This flange member i 15 is preferably formed by bending alength of sheet stock see Fig'. 8,into a bar 16 of substantially L- shape in cross section; then bending this L-shaped bar into circular form and fasteningy together its abutting ends as at 17, see Fig. 2, by weldingor otherwise. This flange member is then positioned oven-"thecentralizing ears 13 and its inner edge 18 is spot- Welded or otherwise secured to the outer face of the disk 12 thus forming an annular trough or groove partly by the outer edge of the disk andpartly by the flange member secured thereto. (n

Instead of bending the ears 13 outwardly laterally at right angles to the plane of the disk, as illustrated in Figs.-1,"2 and 3, Imay form them as illustrated in Figs. 4' and 5, which is that of cutting their outer edges and setting these outer edges 20, slightly outward to serve as centra izing members for the flange member 1,5; or I may draw out or reduce the thickness of the stock at the edge 1 9 of the disk 12 and fold this drawn .or thinned portion back as illustrated atv 19 tions shown as the flange member may be formed separate and secured to the dlsk wish to be restricted to any ofthe construcv member 12 and ycentralized thereon and seycured thereto by any suitable means.

The foregoing description dlrected solely toward the construction illustrated, but l desire it to be understood that l reserve the privilege of resorting1 to all the mechanical changes to which t e device is susceptible, the invention being limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

l claim z' l. ln an article of the character described, a head member comprising a sheet metal disk, a circular flange member substantially lL-shape in cross section secured to said disk a distance within the periphery thereof to form an annular groove, said disk being provided With raised portions on its face for centrally locating and supporting said flange thereon. V

2. ln an article of the character described, a head member comprising a sheet metal disk, a circular flange member L-shape in cross section and secured at one edge tothe 20 face of said disk a distance Within the periphery thereof and portions of said disk5 being bent from its normal plane to engage l and centrally support said flange thereon to form an annular peripheral groove.

3. ln`fan article of the character described, a head member comprising a sheet metal disk, an'annular flange member l.shap.e in cross section and having one edge secured to said disk a short distance Within the pe- 30 riphery thereof to form an annular circumferential groove and a plurality of integral lips raised from the plane of said disk for centrally supporting said flange member thereon. e

ln testimony whereof l aix my signature.

FRANK MossBERe. 

